so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; “colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple”; “has a colossal nerve”; “a prodigious storm”; “a stupendous field of grass”; “stupendous demand”
Synonyms
colossal
stupendous
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large
big
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prodigy
giant
goliath
behemoth
monster
colossus
of momentous or ominous significance; “such a portentous…monster raised all my curiosity”- Herman Melville; “a prodigious vision”
Synonyms
portentous
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significant
important
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omen
portent
presage
prognostic
prognostication
prodigy
omen
portent
presage
prognostic
prognostication
prodigy
far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; “a night of exceeding darkness”; “an exceptional memory”; “olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy”; “the young Mozart’s prodigious talents”